Apparatus for pressing trousers while on wearer



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I. APPARATUS FOR PRESSING TROUSERS WHILE 0N WEARER Filed Nov-6. 1925 2 Shuts-Shut 1 I lweul'ar d I'filomarf f yg 60/2150 Sept. 20, 1927.

' T. B. LAMBERT ET AL APPARATUS F08 PRESSING TROUSERS WHILE ON WEARER 2 Shuts-Sheet 2 Patented Sept. 20, 1927.

UNITED STATES;

PATENT OFFICE.

reason B. LAMBERT AND JAY moons, of immv, xnn'rocxv.

.APPARATUS FOR IPBESSING TROUSERS WHILE ON vW'EAREB. 4

Application filed November Our present invention pertains to trousers pressing apparatus, and has for one of its objects the provision of an apparatus through the medium of which the legs of trousers on a wearer may be expeditiously and adequately pressed so as t6 provide the trousers legs with dressy creases at the front portion and back portionthereof.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an apparatus for the purpose indicated, having means for fastening a trousers leg in accurate position relative to vthe apparatus precedent to the pressing of the leg so as to assure the production of a crease in the leg at the proper point and in a finished manner.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an apparatus for the purpose ascribed, susceptible of being operated with but little effort. v

Another object is the provision of an apparatus for the purpose indicated in which the irons are-maintained in a heated state by peculiar and advantageous electric means.

To the attainment of the foregoing, the

invention consists in the improvement as hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification Figure 1 is a side elevation of the apparatus constituting the best practical em- ,bodiment ofour invention of which we are co ant.

zontal section taken in the plane in icated by the line 2'-2 of Figure 1, and showing the irons and the arrangement of the electric heating elements relative thereto. I

' Figure 3 is an enlarged horizontal section with parts broken away, the section being taken in the plane indicated by the line 3-3 of Figure l, looking upwardly.

Figures 4 and 5 are detail elevations of the irons shown in Figure 1, the said views of-Figures 4 and 5 belng at right angles to each other. I

Figure 6 is an enlarged plan view of one of the clamps for engaging a trousers leg or portion and contributing to the accurate positioning of the trousers leg or portion relative to the irons of the apparatus. I

Figure 7 is a detail view illustrative of'one of the electrical heating elements comprised in the improvement. Y v

Similar numeralsofreference designate to the bracket 5 so that the said irons may igure 2 is an enlarged fragmentar hori- 6, 1925. Serial No. 67,398.

corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings. T 7

Among other elements our novel apparatus comprises a base 1, mounted on casters 2, for convenient movement of the apparatus as a unit from one part of a room to another. Appropriately fixed to the central portion of the base 1 and rising therefrom is an upright 3, and fixed in any approved manner on the upper end of the said upright 3 is a cap member 4 on the edge of which is an upright bracket 5, the said bracket -5 being, by preference, in substantial parallelism with the upright 3, and being extended above andbelow the horizontal plane of the cap member 4. The said bracket 5 is connected at 6, preferably in fixed manner, to the edge portion of the cap member 4. On the end portions of the bracket 5 are tubular portions 7 for the reception of the vertical rod .8, Figures 2 aIRl 3, and from this it will be understood that the said rod 8 serves to efiect connection of the irons of our improvement 7 be conveniently manipulated as occasion demands.

The irons of our improvement are designated .by 9 and 10, and may, within the purview of our invention be formed'of any material consonant with the purpose of the invention. The said irons have knuckles 11 receiving the rod 8, and. each iron has fixed thereto vand extending upwardly therefrom an arm 12. The arms 12 serve for the pivotal connection at-13 of clamp members 14,. thesaid clamp members 14 being pivotally connected together at 15, and each being provided at an intermediate point of its length with an apertured and interiorly threaded portion 16, Figure 3. The threads in the portions 16 of the clamp members are reversely directed so that one portion 16 will be adapted to receive and cooperate. with the portion 17 of a'manipulating rod, and the other portion 16 will be adapted to. receive and cooperate with the reversely arranged thread on the other section of the manipulating rod, which other section is numbered 18. The said sections 17 and 18 are connected together by an appropriate universal joint 19, and hence it will be understood that when the hand wheel 20 on the section 17 is turned in one directionthe clamp members .14 will be synchronously moved inward, while when the same hand no wheel is turned in the opposite direction the clamp members 14 will be moved outwardly. It will also be appreciated from the foregoing that through the medium of the hand wheel 20, the irons 9 and 10 may be moved together and held with their faces in close proximity and under great pressure so as to contribute to the thorough pressing and creasing of the trousers portion interposed between the irons.

Mounted on the rod 8 and disposed in a horizontal plane above the upper end of the irons 9 and 10 is a clamp 30, and similarly mounted on therod 8 and disposed 'in a horizontal plane below the lower ends of the irons 9 and 10 is a similar clamp 31. The said clamps are preferably identical in construction, and therefore a detailed description of the clamp illustrated in Figure 6 will suffice to impart a definite understanding of both. By reference to Figure 6, it will be understood that both clamps have forward arms on which are rubber grips or jaws 32, and it will also be understood that the members of the clamps are mounted on and swingable about the rod 8, and that one of the rear arms of the members is provided with an apertured lug 33 while the other. rear arm has pivoted to it at 34 a curvilinear rack bar 35,tl1e said rack bar 35 being equippedwith a handle 36, and being extended through the apertured projection 33 so that the teeth of the rack bar will cooperate with one wall inthe said projection 33. The aperture in the projection 33 is 'sufliciently large to permit of lateral movement of the rack bar 35, and hence said rack bar may be expeditiously and easily fixed to and released from the wall of the aperture in the projection or lug 33. It will also be manifest that the jaws 32 may be quickly aflixed in position at opposite sides of a trousers portionso as to securely hold the same, and yet at the proper time, the said jaws 32 may be released for the removal of the trousers'portion from between the jaws 32 and also from between the irons 9 and 10.

At the outer side of each iron and appropriately fixed thereto is a casing sec tion 40, and in said casing section 40 is a metallic body 41, between which and the back of the iron is interposed a suitable electric resistance or heating element 42, Figures 2'and 7. It will also be noted by reference to Figure 2 that insulating material 43 is arranged in the casing section 40 and in the relation shown to said section 40 and the metallic body 41, and that dielectric tubular posts 45 extend from the heating element or unit 42 outwardly through the metallic body 41, the insulating material 43 and the casing section 40. As'best illustrated in Figure 2, the said tubular posts 44 serve to receive and permit the passage of conductive rods 'tric conducting wires '50", Figure 1, which latter may be connected to a plug, not shown,

so as to bring about the supply of electric current to our novel apparatus from a conventional outlet box in a building. The said wires 50 may be and preferably are insulated in conventional manner, and. are carried through apertures 60 in caps 61 fixed at the outer sides of the casing sections 40. The said caps 61 in the preferred embodiinept of our invention are of dielectric materia In practice, the irons 9 and lO are separated when not in use, and therefore, it will be understood that when it is desired to use the apparatus, electric current will first be supplied to the heating units 42in order to adequately raise the temperatures of the irons 9 and 10, and a customer whose trousers are to be pressedsteps up into convenient position relative to the irons 9 and 10 and so that the lower clamps 31 may be made to take hold of the cuff at the lower end of one trousers leg. With thisdone, the operator exerts upward tension on the material in the trousers leg so as to eliminate wrinkles, and the operator then places the upper clamps 30 in engagement with the trousers at the proper point which may be and preferably is above the point where the leg is joined to the body receiving portion .of the trousers. Then while the trousers leg is held taut between the clamps 30 and 31,

the irons 9 and 10 are brought together at opposite sides of the trousers portion and considerable pressure is imposed against the irons, and the irons are retained under pressure against the trousers portion for a short space of time. In the manner described trousers may be expeditiously and easily trousers as well as at the front portions of said legs. We would also have it understood that in the preferred practice of our invention the material in the trousers leg is protected against scorching by pieces of pressing cloth, not shown, the said pieces of pressing cloth being stretched over the faces of the irons 9 and 10 and are bein held in place by virtue of eyelets, the en s of the pieces of pressing clot-h, which may be engaged over hooks on the casing sections 40 complementary to the irons.

In order to enhance the finished appearance of our novel apparatus, we would have it understood that In the discretion of a relative arran ement of,

manufacturer the casing sections and any other appro may be nic el plated or may be 0t erwise embellished.

1 he construction herein illustrated and described constitutes the preferred embodimentof our invention and we have therefore described the same in imparting an exactv understanding of both structure and mode of operation. We do not desire, however, to be understood as confining ourselves to the specific construction and arts as disclosed, define 'byour appended our invention ing e of 'WhlCh ,mod1fica-.

claims within the sco ofparts may be made without, departure from 'our invention.

Having claim an 1. An apparatus for pressing 'trousers while on the wearer, com rising a stand an upright bracket connecte to and carrie H the stand and arranged laterally thereto an having upper andlower apertured portions,

irons having verticallydisgosed knuckles in' vertical coincidence with t tions of the bracket, an uprig t pintle exr tending through the apertured portions of e a rtured porriate portions of the ap aratus detail with a view to 4 relative arrangement described our invention, what wedesire to secure by Letters-Patent,

the bracket and the knuckles of the irons and hingedly connecting the irons together 1rons for grasping trousers and holding the for pressing t e irons together.

2. An apparatus for pressing trousers 7 while on the wearer, comprising a stand, an upright bracket connected to and carried by the stand and arranged laterally thereto and having-upper and lower apertured portions, irons aving vertically disposed knuckles in vertical coincidence with the a ertured pol tions of the bracket, an uprig t pintleextending through the aperturedportions of the bracket and the knuckles of the irons and hingedly connecting the irons together and to said bracket means carried by the pintle and disposedaboveand below the irons for asping trousers ;and holding; the same uring a resslng operation, and means for ress'lng t e 1rons together; the said means eing in the form of a clam connected with v and arranged to open an close the Irons and subject the same to pressure.

'In testunony whereoi we a'flix our signav,

tures.

JAY MeCOMBS.

THERON' B. LAMBERT.

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